Comments on: Saving Moneyhttp://comment.idealgovernment.com/saving-money/
Just another WordPress weblogTue, 27 Apr 2010 17:20:58 +0000hourly1By: andy macleodhttp://comment.idealgovernment.com/saving-money/comment-page-1/#comment-47
Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:37:53 +0000http://comment.idealgovernment.com/?p=32#comment-47William, ‘changing the way that Govt works’ should save money and time -and accelerate the digital literacy required for Govt to be a better buyer of IT services ( which in the future would start to include ‘cloud Services’.More to follow if you are interested .
]]>By: John Rudkinhttp://comment.idealgovernment.com/saving-money/comment-page-1/#comment-18
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:25:42 +0000http://comment.idealgovernment.com/?p=32#comment-18Worrying number of failed “projects”, but more worryingly the cost of protecting and supporting ICT is easily circumvented by choice of platform. Antiquated OSes don’t need eeking out and better use, they need eradicating. I see XP everywhere, and the imminent support withdrawal/incompatibilities/vulnerabilities all costing. Gov needs to talk to platform developers like Apple, with their record of rock solid OSes, stability, lack of vulnerability, consistency of support and successful delivery of mass IT delivery such as iTunes. Get it righter by looking to success elsewhere……….
]]>By: Fraserhttp://comment.idealgovernment.com/saving-money/comment-page-1/#comment-5
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:18:12 +0000http://comment.idealgovernment.com/?p=32#comment-5In LocalGov there is a massive jump between managers and Execs. Pay banding should be more linear
]]>By: Fraserhttp://comment.idealgovernment.com/saving-money/comment-page-1/#comment-4
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:17:20 +0000http://comment.idealgovernment.com/?p=32#comment-4Introduce performance related pay?
]]>By: Fraserhttp://comment.idealgovernment.com/saving-money/comment-page-1/#comment-3
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:16:42 +0000http://comment.idealgovernment.com/?p=32#comment-3Key principals [3]

There is an argument that goes, switch off the other channels to ‘force’ savings.